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In 1972, a procedure was introduced by the Industrial Injuries Insurance Institutes (Berufsgenossenschaften) of the Federal Republic of Germany, which is to be used by the special occupational health service for employees exposed to asbestos dust. Since 1 January 1972, occupational health examinations are performed when exposure to asbestos dust has been of at least 3 years' duration. On 1 January 1977, a prospective cohort study was started with employees formerly exposed to asbestos dust whilst working for companies manufacturing or using asbestos. Data on these persons are collected in the Central Register of Employees Exposed to Asbestos Dust of the Industrial Injuries Insurance Institutes. A total of 3,070 male and female employees in whom asbestos exposure terminated after 1 January 1972 formed subcohort I of the study. For comparison, 665 persons whose exposure terminated before 1 January 1972 served as subcohort II. In addition to several other inclusion criteria, each individual's permission was required before personal data could be evaluated. Of the subjects in the two subcohorts, 185 and 71, respectively, had died by 31 December 1982. Tumours were more frequently than this cause of death is expected in the general population. In addition to a high incidence of mesothelioma, the standard mortality rate was especially increased for lung cancer. The proportional mortality rates of about 40% for tumours of all sites (with about 17% lung cancer and 8% mesothelioma) especially in subcohort II, seemed to be comparable to the international figures for epidemiological mortality.
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M Rathgeb, and
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T Giesen, and
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L Pache, and
K Rödelsperger
July 1973,
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H J Lange, and
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K Rödelsperger
January 1990,
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T Giesen, and
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March 1989,
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K Rödelsperger
March 1978,
Sozial- und Praventivmedizin,
H J Woitowitz, and
H J Lange, and
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K Rödelsperger
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International archives of occupational and environmental health,
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H J Lange, and
L Beierl, and
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K Schmidt, and
K Ulm, and
T Giesen, and
R H Woitowitz, and
L Pache, and
K Rödelsperger
January 1987,
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H J Lange, and
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M Rathgeb, and
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T Giesen, and
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L Pache, and
K Rödelsperger
January 1965,
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R H Woitowitz, and
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K Rödelsperger
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